A Norwegian skier named Frodo

[Gothmog]

Originally Posted by Selmo

Elwen is derived fron the Anglo-Saxon Elfwin of Alfwine, meaning Elf friend. (I though everyone would know that).

I assume that it's a name originally given to someone who's a bit dozy or "otherworldly"; "off with the fairies", as my grandmother might have said..

That's right, and the Swedish (Scandinavian?) version of the old Elfwin is Albin.

When it comes to the name Frode (That must be Estil. Haven't you heard of him before? Well, I'm Swede so skiing might be a bit more popular here...), why are you surprised that it reminds you of Frodo? There's a lot of threads discussing the Tolkien-Norse connection. The fact that some names still remain in the Scandinavian laguages is only natural.

When I read this post, it comes out as slightly aggressive. Don't read it like that! It's an order! If you do, then I'll...

Edit: Cross-posted with Rune. In Danish, you can't hear 50% of the letters

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Originally Posted by Gothmog

In Danish, you can't hear 50% of the letters

We just like to make things complicated, thats all. . .

It's not like your language isn't silly. . .When a swede talks it sounds like they are half singing.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Elwen is derived fron the Anglo-Saxon Elfwin of Alfwine, meaning Elf friend. (I though everyone would know that).

But that would be Elwin. My guess is that somehow the form picked by the Camerons has been corrupted, perhaps due to phonetic spelling at some point in its history. However, one could translate the wen component as OE wēn, 'supposition, opinion, thought, idea' or 'hope, expectation', and if they found it in a book then the author may have chosen the spelling for this reason.

As for the component wen meaning 'woman', that's true in Sindarin but not English. The similar component in Éowyn's name is OE wynn(e) ('joy, delight, happiness, etc.') and is non-gender-specific.

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Originally Posted by The Squatter of Amon Rûdh

But that would be Elwin. My guess is that somehow the form picked by the Camerons has been corrupted, perhaps due to phonetic spelling at some point in its history. However, one could translate the wen component as OE wēn, 'supposition, opinion, thought, idea' or 'hope, expectation', and if they found it in a book then the author may have chosen the spelling for this reason.

As for the component wen meaning 'woman', that's true in Sindarin but not English. The similar component in Éowyn's name is OE wynn(e) ('joy, delight, happiness, etc.') and is non-gender-specific.

I have determined that Squatter (skwa-tur) is a compound of the Old Gothic verb skwat meaning 'learned, deeply knowledgable, informed' and the Old Norse terin meaning 'ferocious, monstrous, terrifyingly big'.

[Anguirel]

A Norwegian skier named Frodo
Was to the Swedes quite a la modo.
Yet the Cameron child
Eorl Elwen the Wild
And the Danes, preferred calling him Odo.

[The Squatter of Amon Rûdh]

Well, Fordim, that could be so; but it could equally be derived from the Indo-Germanic compound skvot tur, meaning 'pretentious show-off who has Bosworth-Toller bookmarked'.